5 NFL teams who are long shots for making the 2023 playoffs

5 NFL teams who are long shots for making the 2023 playoffs

#3 - New England Patriots

Will the New England Patriots make the playoffs?

The New England Patriots may have the best coach ever in Bill Belichick, but it's likely they'll miss out on the playoffs in 2023. The Patriots missed out in 2022, as they won just two of their final seven games to finish 8-9.

As well as mediocre QB play from Mac Jones, they don't have many offensive weapons, which is vital in today's NFL.

The AFC East also got a lot tougher this offseason, with Aaron Rodgers moving to the New York Jets. The Bills and Dolphins made the playoffs in 2022, so this division should be electric in 2023, outside of the Patriots.

#2 - Las Vegas Raiders

Las Vegas Raiders Introduce Jimmy Garoppolo

The Raiders missed out on the playoffs in Derek Carr's final season with the team in 2022, winning just six games, ending 6-11.

Carr teaming up with former college teammate Davante Adams was supposed to make the Raiders contenders but they were anything but, with RB Josh Jacobs a rare highlight in a disappointing season.

In the offseason, the team moved on from Carr and replaced him with former 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo. Garoppolo is familiar with the system head coach Josh McDaniels runs, with the pair working together for the New England Patriots.

However, Garoppolo has long been a health risk, playing more than 15 games just twice in his career. The Raiders signed him a three-year $67.5 million contract, which is extortionate if he can't stay on the field.

#1 - Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray is carted off the field

May NFL fans and analysts are already predicting the Arizona Cardinals to be the worst team in football in 2023, tanking for the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Starting QB Kyler Murray is out until at least October as he recovers from an ACL tear suffered last season. Star WR DeAndre Hopkins first demanded a trade and was then cut by the team.

The Cardinals are clearly in a rebuilding mode, and have Colt McCoy running things at quarterback for half the year. There's no chance this team makes the postseason.